Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
The Abuse Of Power
Mar 26, 2015
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Islam Yaken is a middle class Egyptian youth who gave up his dream of becoming a professional trainer when the economy in his country tanked. As his alternative, he chose to became an Isis terrorists. (“The Deadly allure of jihad,” reprint from The New York Times in The Week, Ma
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Gone Fishing
Mar 24, 2015
Today marks my 6th year as a blogger, writing 5 days a week (M-F) on the writing life and what other writers have to say about life. Social commentary is the way I guess you’d categorize what I do, for those who care about categories. I don’t. But I do care about my reader
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Fifty Shades Of Grey Or Less
Mar 23, 2015
Two of the least effective words in the English language are “ought” and “should” which, when employed, are more likely to annoy rather than influence a person’s behavior. If “ought’ and “ should” had any clout, obesity would be conquered, along with alcoholism and
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Can Empathy Lead?
Mar 20, 2015
A year ago, I made a reference to José Mujica, President of Uruguay — a man described as the world’s poorest president; a man, jailed for 14 years in the 1970s as a revolutionary; a man known world-wide as the humble leader of his people. Elected to the country’s highest
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Time Isn’t The Enemy
Mar 19, 2015
In February, my mother turned 99. We celebrated, of course. There was cake for lunch and cake for dinner, any flavor but it had to include a lemon filling. The nurses and doctors who care for my mother are amazed at her vitality and wit, not only taking her age into account, but
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Of Mice And Men
Mar 18, 2015
Feeling sexy or brave? Maybe your cat is responsible. Toxoplasma gondil’s, a parasite carried in cat feces has been discovered to alter the brains of rats and mice so that they mistake a cat’s odor for an invitation to romance. Rodents that don’t run away from their arch
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What Is Genius?
Mar 17, 2015
Somewhere in my 50’s I decided to take up painting. One of my first classes was level 1 drawing. Students were given a Rembrandt etching and asked to copy it. The purpose of the exercise was to see how observant we were. Finishing the task early, I waited with a certain degree o
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Soothsayers With Nothing To Say
Mar 16, 2015
A friend sent me an announcement, recently, about a lecture on self-publishing offered by two women purported to be experts. One of the speakers wrote “epic” medieval fantasies and the other had authored tips for selling used books on Amazon. The latter claimed to have ear
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The Upright Runic “S” — Tsk, Tsk
Mar 12, 2015
My first novel, Heart Land is about to be republished with a new editor and in a new edition. The story is about the hyjinx of a boy, Oliver Larson, growing up in rural American in 1940, prior to World War 11. One of Oliver’s favorite hangouts is a bakery known as Ye Old Bak
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Portland, Oregon author Caroline Miller had distinguished careers as an educator, union president, elected official and artist/advocate.
Her play, Woman on the Scarlet Beast, was performed at the Post5 Theatre, Portland, OR, January/February 2015
Caroline published a serialized novelette, Marie Eau-Claire, on the website, The Colored Lens. She also published the story Gustav Pavel, a parable about ordinary lives, choice and alternate potential, on the website Fixional.co.
Caroline has published five novels
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